BOSTON -- At a time of year when people look for ways to give back and make a true difference in someone's life, a shared act of kindness by Red Sox players Christian Vazquez and Xander Bogaerts that took place four months ago can certainly serve as inspiration.
As the Red Sox were going through the grind of their season, a 5-year-old named Ari Schultz was in a fight for his life.
Then again, Ari, who lived in Stowe, Mass., had been fighting since he was in utero.
When Mike Schultz took his wife, Erica, for what was supposed to be a routine 18-week ultrasound, the doctor delivered some tough news when he informed them that their soon-to-be-born son had an extreme form of critical aortic stenosis, which limits the flow of blood from the heart to the body.